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Organosilicon-group-derived silica-ionogel electrolyte for lithium ion batteries

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In order to avoid leakage problem caused by liquid electrolyte, a new ionogel electrolyte was developed by in situ immobilizing organosilicon-functionalized ionic liquid within a nanoporous silica matrix. The ionic liquid evenly coats on the surface of porous silica and fills in the silica framework pores with no strong chemical interaction. The ionogel electrolyte has the dual advantages of a silica solid support and a wide electrochemical stability window of ionic liquid (4.87 V vs. Li+/Li). The half-cells assembled with this electrolyte and LiFePO4 electrode have excellent performance at room temperature and 60 °C. The Li/SiO2-IGE/LiFePO4 cell displays a discharge capacity of 129.1 mAh·g−1 after 200 charge/discharge cycles at room temperature.

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This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFB0100204), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51772030), the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1564206), the Major Achievements Transformation Project for Central University in Beijing and the Science and Technology Project of State Grid Corporation of China (No. 15-JS-191).

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  1. Yue-Jiao Li, Cui Guo, and Lu-Shan Yue have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijjing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    Yue-Jiao Li, Cui Guo, Wen-Jie Qu, Nan Chen, Yu-Juan Dai, Ren-Jie Chen & Feng Wu

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China

    Yue-Jiao Li, Ren-Jie Chen & Feng Wu

  3. Beijing Jinghua Eduction School, Beijing, 100081, China

    Lu-Shan Yue

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Li, YJ., Guo, C., Yue, LS. et al. Organosilicon-group-derived silica-ionogel electrolyte for lithium ion batteries. Rare Met. 37, 504–509 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-018-1056-4

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